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bob dylan mural
from bob dylan posted in music by pete_nice
Located on the exterior wall of the Autographics business at this intersection is a Bob Dylan mural.
Designed by Sergey Trubetskoy (a University of Minnesota graphic design major) and financed by Autographics, this mural was completed in 2006. It was the first of a series of murals in the Dinkytown and Marcy-Holmes neighborhoods that celebrate the 60's and 70's culture in the area.
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from harry nilsson, cass elliot, keith moon posted in music by tacopolis
This flat is one of the deadliest apartments in music history.
Owned by singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson ("Without You", "Coconut") during the 70s, the flat was close to Nilsson hangouts like Apple Records, the Playboy Club, and Tramps disco. When Nilsson was in the States, he would loan out his apartment to his network of friends.
On July 29, 1974, Cass Elliot ("Don't Call Me Mama Anymore," The Mamas and the Papas) played a particularly strenuous show at the London Palladium and returned to this apartment to rest. She died of heart failure at the age of 32. Contrary to rumors, she did not choke on a sandwich; in fact, she had lost 80 lbs from fasting four days a week, and this most likely led to her heart failure.
Four years later, the Who's drummer Keith Moon returned to the apartment from a night out on September 7, 1978. Moon had been given the drug Clomethiazole to battle his alcohol addiction. He overdosed on 32 tablets of the drug.
view full location details...brick street café
from woody guthrie posted in music by pete_nice
The Brick Street Café is the main restaurant in Okemah, OK, and features live music as well as a substantial amount of Woody Guthrie paraphernalia and ephemera: newspaper clippings, photographs, and painted Guthrie slogans.
Outside the restaurant is a preserved concrete slab, ceremoniously framed in red brick, that has Guthrie’s embedded signature.
view full location details...woody guthrie statue
from woody guthrie posted in music by pete_nice
Dedicated during the 1998 Wood Guthrie Free Folk Festival, this statue stands in the town of Guthrie's birth.
Surrounding the statue are bricks engraved with Guthrie's song titles. The Woody Guthrie Coalition sold engraved sponsorship bricks that form a walkway around the statue and park. Part of the proceeds allowed the organization to form a scholarship for graduating seniors interested in the arts.
view full location details...greystone park psychiatric hospital
from bob dylan, woody guthrie posted in music by pete_nice
Fictionalized in this Saturday Night Live skit (with Spanish subtitles).
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